2108 Animal Science Awards

Faculty, staff, and undergraduate students gathered on the afternoon of May 9th, 2018, to celebrate the academic achievements of undergraduate students in the Department of Animal Science. Check out the winners here!

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Animal Science Kudos & Awards

Christian Posbergh, Graduate Student

was recognized as an Outstanding CALS Graduate Teaching Assistant by the Office of Academic Programs at a ceremony held May 11 in the Biotechnology Building.View more about the award...

Joe McFadden, Assistant Professor

was the recipient of the "Outstanding Recent Graduate Alumni Award" from the Department of Dairy Science and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech.View more about the award...

Niko Kochendoerfer , Graduate Student,

was one of 11 graduate students in the U.S. selected to present their research at the SARE “Our Farms Our Future Conference” in St. Louis. For her SARE project, traditional meat sheep are being milked in short and frequent lactations on the STAR accelerated lambing system utilizing their out of season breeding ability and high peak milk yields to evaluate the feasibility of year-round sheep dairying. View more about the conference...

Pat Johnson, Professor and Chair,

is the winner of the 2018 Dean’s Award for Professor of Merit. The recipient of this award is selected annually by the graduating senior class to recognize an outstanding instructor in the College who goes above and beyond to foster and support student learning both in and out of the classroom. Pat will be honored at the 2018 Dean’s Awards Dinner on Monday, April 16th.

Chris Posbergh, Graduate Student,

was awarded the Engaged Graduate Student Grant on March 23 for “Chasing Colors: Engaging shepherds to identify genomic changes responsible for color variation in sheep”.